Recent advances and applications of random lasers and random fiber lasers

ASL Gomes, AL Moura, CB de Araújo… - Progress in Quantum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Random Lasers (RLs) and Random Fiber Lasers (RFLs) have been the subject of
intense research since their first experimental demonstration in 1994 and 2007, respectively …

Advances in random fiber lasers and their sensing application

H Chen, S Gao, M Zhang, J Zhang, L Qiao, T Wang… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Compared with conventional laser, random laser (RL) has no resonant cavity, reducing the
requirement of cavity design. In recent years, the random fiber laser (RFL), a novel kind of …

Ultralong single‐ended random fiber laser and sensor

B Han, H Wu, Y Liu, S Dong, Y Rao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Random fiber laser (RFL) utilizing stimulated Raman scattering and distributed random
Rayleigh backscattering in fiber as optical gain and feedback mechanisms, respectively, has …

Wideband remote-sensing based on random fiber laser

S Lin, Z Wang, Y Qi, B Han, H Wu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interrogating a remote passive-sensor with high fidelity is one of the biggest challenges in
the sensing domain. Recently, random fiber laser (RFL) combined with remote fiber sensors …

High efficiency Brillouin random fiber laser with replica symmetry breaking enabled by random fiber grating

Z Zhou, L Chen, X Bao - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We report a high efficiency Brillouin random fiber laser (BRFL) enabled by a random fiber
grating (RFG) with demonstration of replica symmetry breaking (RSB). The RFG was …

Temperature sensor based on fiber ring laser with cascaded fiber optic Sagnac interferometers

W Lin, L Shao, Y Liu, S Bandyopadhyay… - IEEE Photonics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new temperature fiber ring laser (FRL) sensor based on a cascaded Sagnac loops fiber
structure is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The optical FRL sensor consists of …

Tunable plasmonic random laser based on emitters coupled to plasmonic resonant nanocavities of silver nanorod arrays

J Zhang, F Wang, S Ghafoor, H Wang… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Random lasers are generated by multiple light scattering in disordered optically gain
medium, which are fundamentally different from conventional lasers. Control of emission …

Vortex random fiber laser with controllable orbital angular momentum mode

X Ma, J Ye, Y Zhang, J Xu, J Wu, T Yao, J Leng… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a vortex random fiber laser (RFL)
with a controllable orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode. The topological charge of the …

Low quantum defect random Raman fiber laser

Y Zhang, S Li, J Ye, X Ma, J Xu, T Yao, P Zhou - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The random Raman fiber laser (RRFL) has attracted great attention due to its wide
applications in optical telecommunication, sensing, and imaging. The quantum defect (QD) …

The Applications of Random Fiber Lasers in Optical Fiber Communication and Sensing Systems: A Review

B Han, Y Ma, Y Zhao, H Wu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Different from traditional cavity-based fiber lasers, well-defined resonant cavities are
replaced by random feedback mechanisms for lasing generation in random fiber lasers …